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AD and A-1 Skyraider: Douglas’s \”Spad\” in Korea and Vietnam
David Doyle
Available March 2021Design work on the Skyraider began at the behest of the US Navy late in WWII. Production began in 1946, and the…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 189 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764361326 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
C-130 Hercules: Lockheed’s Military Air Transport, and Its Variants
David Doyle
Available November 2020The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been in continuous production for over six decades, longer than any other military…
Size: 9″ x 9″ x 3/4″ | 218 color and b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764360794 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Boeing 727: Triumph in the Skies
Dan Dornseif
Available NowFirst flown in 1963, the Boeing 727 was skillfully designed to outclass its competitors and remained without a…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ x 1 1/4″ | 644 color and b/w photos | 288 pp
ISBN13: 9780764360510 | Binding: hard cover$69.99
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler: The US Navy’s Primary Fighter/Attack Aircraft
Ken Neubeck
Available NowThe Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 A/B Hornet. The…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 183 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764359231 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
P-8A Poseidon: The US Navy\’s Newest Maritime Patrol & Antisubmarine Aircraft
John Gourley
Available NowThe P-8A Poseidon, a variant of the Boeing 737 series of airliner, takes over the role of antisubmarine warfare…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 272 color and b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764359224 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
North American Aviation in the Jet Age: The California Years, 1945–1997
John Fredrickson
Available NowDuring the waning days of World War II, a frenzied race was underway in rubble-strewn Europe as US and Soviet…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 249 color and b/w photos | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358746 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
B-52 Stratofortress: Boeing’s Iconic Bomber from 1952 to the Present
David Doyle
Available NowOne of America’s most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress continues to form the backbone of the…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 193 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355875 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America’s Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane
James C. Goodall, USAF (Ret.)
Available NowThe legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the world’s only operational Mach 3 aircraft, and…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 710 color and b/w photos | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355042 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II at George Air Force Base, California: 1964–1992
Don Logan
Available NowThis concise, illustrated history focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and units assigned to…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 188 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354496 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
The Bell AH-1 Cobra: From Vietnam to the Present
Alexander Lüdeke
Available NowThe Bell AH-1 was the first helicopter designed and built exclusively for combat. First flown in 1965, the AH-1,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 226 color and b/w photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354519 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Bell 47/H-13 Sioux Helicopter: Military and Civilian Use, 1946 to the Present
Wayne Mutza
Available NowFamously pictured in the opening credits of the popular television series M.A.S.H. , Bell’s Model 47…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 205 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353765 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Above an Angry Sea, 2nd Edition: Men and Missions of the United States Navy’s PB4Y-1 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer Squadrons Pacific Theater: October 1944–September 1945
2nd EditionAlan C. Carey
Available NowThis is a revised and expanded second edition that examines United States Navy patrol and bombing squadrons…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 331 color and b/w images | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353680 | Binding: soft cover$29.99
We Flew Alone 2nd Edition: Men and Missions of the United States Navy’s B-24 Liberator Squadrons Pacific Operations: February 1943–September 1944
2nd EditionAlan C. Carey
Available NowThis revised and expanded second edition covers USN and USMC squadrons that operated the Consolidated B-24…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 150+ b/w images | 152 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353697 | Binding: soft cover$29.99
US Army Twin Beeches
Terry Love
Available NowMost people think the US Army only flies helicopters, but it has quietly flown a multitude of fixed-wing aircraft…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 208 color and b/w photos | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352959 | Binding: hard cover$39.99
Lockheed C-130 and its Variants
Chris Reed
Available NowThis revised, expanded edition chronicles the development and career of the world’s predominant military…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 190 color and b/w photographs | 152 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353338 | Binding: soft cover$29.99
The 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Lieutenant Colonel George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.)
Available NowDuring the height of the Cold War, the United States started to develop and expand its air defense capabilities to…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 111 color and b/w photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352393 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
The A-1 Skyraider in Vietnam: The Spad’s Last War
Wayne Mutza
Available NowThrough its remarkable service during the war in Southeast Asia, the Skyraider became legendary. It served with…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | over 300 black and white and color photos | 216 pp
ISBN13: 9780764317910 | Binding: hard cover$49.99
A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
Jim Goodall
Available NowThis is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop’s dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range,…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 525 color images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764350757 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Bendix Field: The History of an Airport and Legendary Pilot Homer Stockert
Quentin L. Hartwig
Available NowStoried pilot Homer Stockert, born in Churubusco, Indiana, won air races in Fort Wayne in the 1920s, earning him…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 87 b/w & color photos | 112 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764343780 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Classic Light Aircraft: An Illustrated Look, 1920s to the Present
Ron Smith
Available NowA visual celebration of the wide and colorful variety of the world’s light aircraft, old and new, organized from A…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 849 color and b/w images | 416 pp
ISBN13: 9780764348969 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
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